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Investigation

Many Injured In Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Crash

by Nelson Ugwuagbo December 14, 2023
written by Nelson Ugwuagbo

A yet-to-be-ascertained number of persons were injured in an accident that occurred at the Mowe Bus Stop along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday.

Leading Reporters gathered that the accident occured when a Toyota Hiace bus with number plate ACA 604 XT collided with a Volkswagen Yellow bus with number plate APP 427 YE, causing the yellow bus to overrun the drainage pathway along the road.

Leading Reporters learnt that some persons believed to be occupants of both vehicles sustained varying degree of injuries while police officers were seen rescuing some others.

It was also observed that the windshields of both vehicles were damaged.

An eyewitness, who identified himself simply as Fatal, told our correspondent that the Hiace bus was on top speed when it collided with the Volkswagen from behind which caused the Volkswagen bus to overrun the drainage pathway.

“The collision was so hard that the Volkswagen bus overran the pathway on the drainage system. Many people were injured in the two busses,” he said.

An occupant of the yellow bus who did not want his name mentioned disclosed that he was shock when the collision occured which led to him sustaining injuries.

He said, “I was in the yellow bus when I heard the sound of the collision with our vehicle from the back. We were three in the bus and I am the bus conductor. I, a passenger and the driver were in the bus when the accident happened. The third person jumped out of the vehicle and he sustained injuries on the head.

“Policemen have taken him and others injured to the hospital. You can see that I sustained injuries in my hand. It was a shocking experience.”

Policemen were still at the scene as of the time of filing this report.

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Africa & World

UK Appoints New Deputy High Commissioner In Abuja

by Nelson Ugwuagbo December 14, 2023
written by Nelson Ugwuagbo

Mrs Gill Lever OBE – Officer of the Order of the British Empire – has been appointed as the British Deputy High Commissioner (DHC) in Abuja, Nigeria.

She takes over from Ms Gill Atkinson who recently concluded four years as Deputy High Commissioner in Abuja.

According to a statement from Atinuke Akande-Alegbe, a spokesperson of the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in Abuja, Lever is an experienced career diplomat who has worked in different parts of the world including Romania, India and Japan.

“Before becoming the British Deputy High Commissioner (DHC) in Abuja, she served as the UK Deputy Head of Mission to Juba, South Sudan from 2022 – 2023.

Before then, she served as the Head of Overseas Health and Welfare at the FCDO in London.

In the UK, she has worked in a diverse range of roles including as Head of the Peacekeeping Team in the UN Department, Deputy Head of Southeast Asia Department and as a Human Resources Business Partner.

Gill was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by HM Queen Elizabeth II in 2021 for services to the Health and Welfare and British Nationals while working on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic response.

She has also worked in the voluntary sector, establishing child drowning prevention programmes, and raising funds for women’s and children’s projects in Vietnam.

To mark her arrival, Lever said: “I am delighted to be back in Nigeria. I was posted to Abuja 10 years ago with my husband and son and have such fond memories.

“I always knew I’d be back! I am excited about my new role as Deputy High Commissioner. I look forward to working with the talented High Commission team in Abuja, with colleagues in Lagos and in our other smaller posts across our Nigeria network, to deepen the special relationship between our two proud countries.”

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JUST IN: Fubara signs 2024 appropriation bill into law

by Nelson Ugwuagbo December 14, 2023
written by Nelson Ugwuagbo

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has signed into law, the 2024 Appropriation Bill of N800bn into law.

This is coming a day after he presented the budget estimates to the State House of Assembly led by Edison Ehie.

The signing ceremony was held on Thursday in the conference room of the Governor’s Office at the Government House.

Leading Reporters reports that Fubara had during his presentation to the assembly said the N800 billion budget for the 2024 fiscal year was aimed at promoting economic development through inclusive growth and addressing socio-economic inequality in the state.

He added that the N800, 392,485,433.01 billion constitutes a Recurrent Expenditure of 361,598,242,570.85 and a Capital Expenditure of 410,266,485,090.64.

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Headlines

Baby, Mother Die In Ondo Building Collapse

by Nelson Ugwuagbo December 14, 2023
written by Nelson Ugwuagbo

A nine-day-old baby and mother have lost their lives in a building which collapsed in Akure, the state capital.

 The incident occurred at Ayedun street around Hospital/Egbe Road in the ancient city.

 Leading Reporters gathered that the incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday as an overhead water tank fell on the story building and wreaked havoc in the area.

It was further gathered that the baby who was christened yesterday died instantly while the elder brother of the baby and their grandmother sustained varying degrees of injuries.

As of the time of filing this report, security personnel had evacuated the dead bodies while the injured ones are receiving treatment at an unknown hospital

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Investigation

Ekiti bank robbery: Oyebanji talks tough, urges police to arrest perpetrators

by Nelson Ugwuagbo December 14, 2023
written by Nelson Ugwuagbo

The governor of Ekiti state, Biodun Oyebanji, has directed security agencies in the state to fish out the perpetrators of Wednesday’s bank robbery in Ikere- Ekiti and bring them to book.

The governor, who described the armed robbery incidence, which claimed three lives, as senseless and disheartening, said no stone would be left unturned in the bid to bring the perpetrators to book.

In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Yinka Oyebode, Governor Oyebanji condoled with families of victims of the robbery, the Ogoga-in-Council and the people of Ikere Ekiti.

He also directed government hospitals in the state to take proper care of those who got injured during the robbery attack. 

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Stressing the importance of local vigilance in security, the governor urged citizens who have information that can help security agencies in their investigations to make such known to relevant authorities.

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He said: “The perpetrators of this heinous crime will not go unpunished. Our security agencies will go after them and ensure they face the guilt wrath of the law. 

“Our condolences to the families of victims of the robbery attack and the Ikere people.”  

The governor urged the people of the state to remain calm and vigilant as they go about their daily activities, adding that government is committed to their security and safety and would not spare any efforts at ridding the state of criminal elements.

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Business

CBN suspends application for new intervention loans

by Nelson Ugwuagbo December 13, 2023
written by Nelson Ugwuagbo

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has announced a stop to new loan applications under its development finance intervention funds scheme.

The suspension signals a dramatic shift in the central bank’s stance on development finance intervention funds, which were formerly regarded as a cornerstone.

The central bank also tasked Deposit Money Banks with recovering already given loans under the plan.

The CBN announced this in a circular to bank CEOs issued by the Acting Director, of the Development Finance Department, Sa’ad Hamidu, on Tuesday.

The circular titled ‘Suspension of Acceptance of New Applications under the Existing Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Development Finance Intervention Programme’, read, “In furtherance of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s new policy thrust focusing on its core mandate of ensuring price and monetary stability, the Bank has commenced its pullback from direct development financing interventions.

“Accordingly, the CBN would be moving into more limited policy advisory roles that support economic growth.

“In consideration of the above, the CBN wishes to inform you that it has stopped accepting new loan applications for processing under any of its existing intervention programmes and schemes.”

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Tinubu Swears In Adamu, Olaopa As New ICPC, FCSC Chairmen

by Nelson Ugwuagbo December 13, 2023
written by Nelson Ugwuagbo

President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Musa Adamu as the new chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).

The ceremony was performed in the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja, just ahead of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday.

The president also swore in the chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC), Professor Tunji Olaopa, and eleven other members of the Commission.

According to a citation read by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the new ICPC chairman served as the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Jigawa State, between 2019 and 2023.

The new chairman of the FCSC, Professor Olaopa, from Oyo State, is an academic and former Federal Permanent Secretary, who has had his stint both at the university and served as Permanent Secretary across five ministries.

Those sworn in as FCSC Commissioners include members representing Adamawa, Gombe, and Taraba, Dr. Daudu Jalo, Gekpe Isu (Akwa Ibom and Cross River), Dr. Chamberlain Nwele (Anambra, Ebonyi, and Enugu), Rufus Godwins (Rivers, Delta and Bayelsa), Dr. Adamu Hussein ( Niger and the FCT) and Aminu Nabegu (Jigawa and Kano).

Others are Hindatu Abdullahi (Kaduna and Katsina), Shehu Aliyu (Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara), Odekunle Aduke (Kogi and Kwara), Jide Jimoh (Lagos and Ogun) and Dr. Festus Oyebade (Osun and Oyo).

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Investigation

PSC disowns publication with fictitious 2023 Police Special List

by Nelson Ugwuagbo December 13, 2023
written by Nelson Ugwuagbo

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has disowned a fictitious publication titled “2023 Police Special List,” which it said has been trending on social media.

The Head of Press and Public Relations at the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, in a statement, on Wednesday, said the publication for all intents and purposes is obviously planted to confuse and further defraud Nigerian youths who must have genuinely applied for consideration for recruitment into the Constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force.

Ani warned that only the Police Recruitment Board, comprising representatives from all the stakeholders in the Police Sector is the sole authority managing the ongoing recruitment exercise.

The statement said, ”the Board under the leadership of the Police Service Commission has as members representatives from the Nigeria Police Force; Ministry of Police Affairs; the Federal Character Commission; the Police Trust Fund and Police Colleges.

”The Board will soon announce a detailed programme for the concluding part of the recruitment exercise which will include dates for physical and document screening of candidates; computer-based tests to be conducted by a reputable government examination body and medical tests.

“The board is desirous of giving the nation a new face of exciting Police Constables that will drive the federal government’s policy on effective and efficient internal security architecture.

“Nigerians are advised to discountenance the fictitious list and wait for the official announcement of the next stages of the recruitment exercise”.

Meanwhile, security agencies have been directed to fish out the fraudsters perpetuating the Police Special List scam for prosecution.

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Investigation

Navy Arrests Ghanaians For Smuggling Cannabis Sativa In Lagos

by Nelson Ugwuagbo December 13, 2023
written by Nelson Ugwuagbo

Nigerian Navy Ship NNS Beecroft, yesterday, intercepted a huge wooden boat, laden with over 120 bags of narcotics suspected to be Cannabis Sativa.

In a statement by the Base Information Officer, NNS Beecroft, Sub Lieutenant Hapinness Collins, said the intercepted cannabis sativa weighed about 5,250 kilograms along with two foreign suspects, off Lagos Anchorage.

According to Collins, the Ghanaians, Emmanuel Doedcher and Godswil John Olamide, were arrested in the early hours of 7th December 2023.

The statement reads, “In a feat of maritime security prowess, under the ongoing “Operation Water Guard”, the Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft’s Patrol Team, under the strategic leadership of the Commander Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT and Maritime Component Commander, Operation AWATSE, Commodore Kolawole Olumide Oguntuga, successfully intercepted a huge wooden boat, laden with over 120 bags of narcotics suspected to be Cannabis Sativa, weighing about 5,250 kilograms along with two foreign suspects, off Lagos Anchorage.

This arrest took place in the early hours of 7th December 2023.

“This feat is attributed to the seamless integration of credible human intelligence and effective utilization of the Maritime Domain Awareness Facility, the Falcon Eye Alignment. Deployment of cutting-edge technology has consistently delivered positive results, showcasing the Nigerian Navy’s commitment to enhancing maritime security for economic prosperity.”

“The confiscated wooden boat, along with its illicit cargo and suspects, identified as Emmanuel Doedcher and Godswil John Olamide both from Ghana, were promptly apprehended and handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for further investigation and necessary action.”

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N19m property destroyed in Ilorin fire disaster

by Nelson Ugwuagbo December 13, 2023
written by Nelson Ugwuagbo

A fire outbreak, which occurred on Tuesday evening in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, destroyed property worth over N19 million.

The fire outbreak occurred at Zion Overcomer, Opposite Duro Suleiman house, University of Ilorin Road, in Ilorin South Local Government Area of the State.

The incident was reported at about 17:50hours on Tuesday and was subdued by the firepower of the firefighters who prevented it from spreading to other facilities.

Seven shops were affected by the fire, according to the spokesman of the state Fire Service, Hassan Adekunle.

There was, however, no record of casualty, while the cause of the fire was attributed to power surge.

The Director, Kwara State Fire Service, Prince Falade John Olumuyiwa, urged the general public to always play safe, especially during this period and not to hesitate to call the fire brigade on time whenever there is any emergency in their areas.

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